Zipline raises funding for a U.S. drone delivery network

Zipline announced a USD 1.5 billion raise at a USD 21.5 billion post-money valuation in its release dated 2026-11-05. It names Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global as the leads, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Uber, Tiger Global, J.P. Morgan, ARK Invest and Salesforce Ventures. Zipline says the capital will support expanded U.S. manufacturing facilities and hiring as it builds a nationwide drone delivery network.

Commercial plans with Walmart and Uber

According to Zipline, a new national, multi-year agreement with Walmart calls for work toward 300 additional sites, with potential for further expansion. Zipline also says Uber is targeting one million deliveries a day with Zipline by 2029. These are stated expansion plans and a delivery target, rather than a report that those additional sites or that daily volume are already operating.

Delivery results reported by Zipline

Zipline says it made more than one million deliveries in Dallas–Fort Worth so far in 2026. For October, it reports a median order arrival time of 19 minutes after checkout. These figures come from Zipline's own release.

The company also describes results shared by a cohort of its longest-tenured restaurant partners. Between March and October, Zipline's share of their delivery revenue increased from 10.8% to 34.9%. The restaurants reported a 26% increase in delivery gross merchandise value, with 80% of that increase coming from Zipline orders. These cohort figures describe the participating restaurants and are attributed to Zipline, rather than a result established for every merchant.

The aircraft and the delivery droid

In its official system introduction, Zipline describes Platform 2 (P2) as an autonomous aircraft paired with a delivery droid. The aircraft stays above the destination while the droid descends on a tether and steers toward the delivery spot; docks support charging. See Zipline's system introduction for the product description and its funding release for the financial and operating claims.

RoboHub's Zipline catalog record summarizes the aircraft from official sources. Explore the drone category or use RoboHub's business sourcing form for a delivery requirement.